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CIGAR GLIPPER.

No. 449,073. A l Patented Mar. 24, 1891.

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A. B. GUINNIP.

IGAR CLIPPER.

No. 449,073. Patented Mar. 24, 1891.

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NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR B. GUINNIP, OF SENECA FALLS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALE TO ROUSE H. ARNOLD, OE SAME PLACE.

CIGAR-CLIPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 449,073, dated March 24, 1891.

Application filed March 29, 1889. Serial No. 305,226. (No model.)

T all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR B. GUINNIP, of Seneca Falls, county of Seneca, in the State of New York, a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Clippers, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to devices for clipping or cutting offthe tip ends of cigars.

My object is to produce an improved machine for this purpose.

My invention consists in the several novel features of con struction hereinafter described, and which are specifically set forth in the claims hereunto annexed. It is constructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device complete. Firg.-,{1, Fig. 3' is a transverse section through the body B. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the lclipping mechanism detached,'showing the spring in the dotted lines. Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the device complete.

A is the base constructed with a central cavity 1, in the edge of which are vertical mortises 2, (well shownin Fig. 2,) and around the wall of this cavity I cut a groove, (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1,) and upon one side of the base I mount a match-holder 3, the recess within the base constituting a receiver for the clippings. The clipping mechanism consists of a tubular body B, fitting vertically into the tubular body 6, which is provided with outwardly-beveling holes 7. The upper end of this tube 6 is providedwith a top or handle 8 and its lower edge is constructed inwardly beveled. Extending from the top S through the center of the tubes is a shank 10, about which is a coil-spring, as shown in dotted lines in the drawings, which operates Fig. 2 is a transverse section of to raise the handle and knife after they have been depressed.

4 is a bar secured to the lower end of the tube B, which is adapted to have its end pass through the mortises 2, and then when the body is twisted around these ends of the bar will enter the groove in the base and lock the body and base together.

It will be observed that the fit of the tube B into the tube 6 should be sufficiently close so that the friction of the edge of the knife upon the inner face ot' the tube 6 will always operate to keep the knife sharp. It will further be observed that no matter how the handle is twisted around, the knife being cir-A cular a cu tting-edge is always presented at all the openings 7.

What I claim is- A cigar-clipper consisting of a recessed base provided with mortises 2, opening into the recess on opposite sides and having grooves in the edge of the recess between the mortises, and a clipping mechanism comprising a tubular body provided with a transverse bar having projecting ends adapted to enter the mortise and grooves and provided with a Vertical rod secured to a handle and passing through the cross-bar, a spring upon the rod between the ,handle and the cross-bar, a eircular knife secured to thehandle and fitting closely into the top of the body and movable vertically within it and beveled through the body, and a match-receiver mounted upon the base, as shown and described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of March, 1889.

ARTHUR B. GUINNIP.V

In presence of- CHAUNCY B. HOWE, CHAs. CoLLIss. 

